Mahabharat

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न हि कामेन कामॊ ऽनयः साध्यते फलम एव तत उपयॊगात फलस्येव काष्ठाद भस्मेव पण्डितः ।। ३-३४-३२ ।।

sanskrit

'Pleasure, however, yields nothing beyond itself. One pleasure cannot lead to another, for it is its own end—just as wood may produce ashes, but those ashes give nothing in return.' ।। 3-34-32 ।।

english translation

na hi kAmena kAmò 'nayaH sAdhyate phalama eva tata upayògAta phalasyeva kASThAda bhasmeva paNDitaH || 3-34-32 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript